This may or may not help but could it possibly be the O ring not be made of the correct material and the ethanol has made it expand? Food for thought.

sp.milne wrote:God I must be getting old! always undo the main drain as well as the filter.

DOH! you sure your name is not Homer

I'd say that was the wrong tap also.

Has anyone out there got a decent short front muddy z650 -1000 to trade for beer tokens, it's got to be good as i just want to put it on and ride.

And i've even succesfully balanced no! carbs with them without detrimental affects to the balancers.

I have the same as Taffus and they are ideal.

Thats a great one, the con rod is a funny touch.

Zephyr 750, centre to centre 525mm give or take a couple of mm.

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Pertonic has an unique way of dealing with them that works, using studs and not bolts, [/quote]

Thats not pertonic that uses studs it's me i do have a set i said i would send to someone i have just got to dig them out.

Yes thats the bodywork Steve, i was well chuffed with what i got for the blue bodywork and i still have the handrail and muddy, i repaird the broken muddy with fibreglass and sprayed the sides black it'll do until i get a ltd chrome one, the handrail i rubbed the paint off the outer face polished an...

My brother has cooler from a 750, pm sent

That paintset is a nice improvement to the std Zephyr. I have a D3 with the wire wheels in that colour. When I sort out some standard exhausts I will have to come up from Dover and find you. Mine has the colour coded grabrail as well. be good to meet up sometime Sandy bikes in bedfordshire do stain...

Looks great it's good to get out, went out myself today between the showers.

I managed to get out for a couple of hours today on the zephyr, i was originally going for a Z1b style paint job but when this Jaffa set came up on ebay, i had to go for it, I KNOW IT'S NOT A BIG ZED, BUT MY BODY IS FAILING and it wont be long before i'm down to a Z200 with Z1 styling. http://i604.p...

Thats the right mark, you just have to rotate the cam to the front one tooth at a time before offering it into the chain and you will get there, just take it slow and relax and follow the manual and you will be ok.